Bad Boys for Life Movie Details:
Based on | Characters by George Gallo |
Also known as | Bad Boys 3 |
Country | United States |
Language | English, Spanish |
Genre | Action, Comedy |
Release Date | January 17, 2020 |
Running Time | 2hr 4min |
Age rating | R |
Cast | Will Smith Martin Lawrence Vanessa Hudgens Alexander Ludwig Paola Núñez Charles Melton Kate del Castillo Nicky Jam Joe Pantoliano |
Directed by | Adil & Bilall |
Story by | Peter Craig Joe Carnahan |
Screenplay by | Chris Bremner Peter Craig Joe Carnahan |
Produced by | Jerry Bruckheimer Will Smith Doug Belgrad |
Cinematography by | Robrecht Heyvaert |
Edited by | Dan Lebental Peter McNulty |
Music by | Lorne Balfe |
Production Company | Columbia Pictures 2.0 Entertainment Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Overbrook Entertainment |
Distributor | Sony Pictures Releasing |
Bad Boys for Life Movie Cast & Characters:
- Will Smith as Detective Lieutenant Michael Eugene ‘Mike’ Lowrey, Marcus’ partner/best friend.
- Martin Lawrence as Detective Lieutenant Marcus Miles Burnett, Mike’s partner/best friend.
- Vanessa Hudgens as Kelly, weapons expert of AMMO
- Alexander Ludwig as Dorn, tech expert of AMMO
- Paola Núñez as Lieutenant Rita Secada, head of Miami Police unit AMMO and Mike’s ex-girlfriend.
- Jacob Scipio as Armando Aretas, Mike and Isabel’s son
- Charles Melton as Rafe, member of AMMO
- Kate del Castillo as Isabel ‘La Bruja’ Aretas, Mike’s ex-lover and Armando’s mother
- Nicky Jam as Lorenzo ‘Zway-Lo’ RodrÃguez
- Joe Pantoliano as Captain Conrad Howard
- Theresa Randle as Theresa Burnett, Marcus’ wife
- Massi Furlan as Lee Taglin
- Happy Anderson as Jenkins
- Dennis Greene as Reggie McDonald, Megan’s husband
- Bianca Bethune as Megan Burnett, Marcus & Theresa’s daughter
- Michael Bay as Wedding M.C.
- DJ Khaled as Manny the Butcher
- Rory Markham as Booker Grassie
- Ivo Nandi as Carver Remy
Storyline:
Marcus and Mike have to confront new issues (career changes and midlife crises), as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.
Bad Boys for Life Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
Budget | $90 million |
Domestic Collection | $204.4 million |
International Collection | $220.2 million |
Worldwide Collection | $424.6 million |
About Bad Boys for Life Movie:
Bad Boys for Life is an American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Adil & Bilall. It is the sequel to Bad Boys II (2003) and the third installment in the Bad Boys franchise.
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence reprise their starring roles in the film and are joined by Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Núñez, Charles Melton, Kate del Castillo, Nicky Jam, and Joe Pantoliano. The film was produced by Smith, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Doug Belgrad, with a screenplay written by Chris Bremner, Peter Craig and Joe Carnahan. In Bad Boys for Life, Miami detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett investigate a string of murders tied to Lowrey’s troubled past.
A third Bad Boys film was contemplated following the release of the second film in 2003, with Michael Bay stating he would be interested in returning to direct, but budgetary constraints led to stalled efforts.
Over the years, a variety of writers and directors were attached as the film went through multiple attempts to enter production. The project was eventually finalized and green-lit in October 2018, and filming began the following year, lasting from January to June 2019.
Principal photography took place in Atlanta, Miami, and Mexico City.
Bad Boys for Life was theatrically released by Sony Pictures Releasing under the Columbia Pictures label in the United States on January 17, 2020. The film was generally well-received by critics and grossed $426.5 million worldwide, becoming the third-highest-grossing January release of all time. It was also the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2020 and the highest-grossing film in the franchise.
A sequel is scheduled to be released on June 14, 2024.